Steamed Tilapia

Steamed Tilapia

Stumbling upon a local TV show (Idol sa Kusina), I decided to try some of the recipes they featured. Understand that I’m no cook and the only skill I have in the kitchen is chopping ingredients (and I’m not particularly adept at that). Wanting to eat healthy (for a change), I decided to give the Steamed Tilapia a try.

Ingredients

1 kg tilapia

1 tbsp. salt

1 tsp. crushed black peppercorn

100 g. ginger julienne

50 g. garlic thinly sliced

100 g. red onion coarsely chopped

30 g. green chili julienne

100 g. tomatoes round slices

50 g. lemon grass chopped (white part only)

1/4 cup calamansi juice

1/4 cup olive oil

24 inches banana leaves

I had no luck finding banana leaves both at the grocery and the market. So, like with my many previous attempts at cooking, I made do with what I have.

Fold banana leaves wrapping the tilapia, then place in steamer for 1 hour or until done.

Despite not having banana leaves (which I’m sure would’ve added and seal more of the flavors in the fish), the Steamed Tilapia still came out very nice. Would definitely try this again, and I’ll make sure I have banana leaves next time.